Rally Turkey 2018
16h
Ogier: “The conditions were often not too bad when we were in front, which is quite rare on gravel. I am satisfied with my day. We lost a little time this morning with the dust, it's the only frustrating element of this stage. We did everything we could…”
“Conditions were very often not bad to be on the front today, which is pretty rare on gravel. I'm happy with my day. We lost a lot of time this morning in the dust, that's the only frustrating part of the day. But I tried everything I could, there was not so much more I could do” pic.twitter.com/46SQGHe003
- Sébastien Ogier (@SebOgier) September 14, 2018
16h
The WRC 2 ranking at the end of the first stage:
WRC 2 standings after SS7 – 1. Kopecký 2h 02m 53.8sec 2. Ingram +16.3sec 3. Tempestini +2m 37.9sec 4. Kajetanowicz +3m 28.5sec 5. Heller +5m 02.1sec 6. Cukurova +7m 04.3sec #WRC
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) September 14, 2018
16h
The WRC ranking at the end of the first stage:
WRC standings after SS7 – 1. Neuville 1h 52m 28.2sec 2. Ogier +0.3sec 3. Mikkelsen +2.6sec 4. Latvala +16.3sec 5. Tänak +31.9sec 6. Paddon +35.1sec #WRC
— WRC (@OfficialWRC) September 14, 2018
15h
Ott Tänak (Toyota) took the scratch on SS7 of the Rally of Turkey, the last special of the first stage. The Estonian completed the 12,57km of Ciçekli in 10'22''3, 2''6 ahead of his teammate Esapekka Lappi. Sébastien Ogier (M-Sport) followed at 6 seconds with 8 tenths ahead of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), but it was Andreas Mikkelsen (Hyundai) who lost the most ground at the front with 11 seconds behind on the benchmark by finishing behind Jari-Matti Latvala (Toyota). Hayden Paddon (Hyundai) followed 14 seconds behind, preceding Craig Breen (Citroën) who was still suffering from a puncture and Teemu Suninen (M-Sport).
Thierry Neuville takes the lead in the Rally of Turkey on the evening of the first stage, 3 tenths ahead of Sébastien Ogier, while Andreas Mikkelsen slips into 3rd position, 2”3 behind the Frenchman. Jari-Matti Latvala remains in 4th place ahead of Ott Tänak who took 5th position, 3 seconds ahead of Hayden Paddon. Esapekka Lappi remains 7th, just one second behind the New Zealander. Craig Breen remains 8th ahead of Teemu Suninen.
15h
Suninen is the slowest, failing 4s behind Breen. The M-Sport driver is almost 13s behind the Citroën overall. “We are learning things for next season. »
15h
Latvala finished 9s behind his teammate Tänak “It wasn't an easy day, but at least we avoided any problems. »
15h
Mikkelsen is the slowest with more than 4″5 behind his teammate Neuville. The Norwegian fell to 3rd place, 2″3 behind Ogier.
15h
Lappi is closest to his teammate Tänak with 2″6 behind. The Finn is just over 4s behind the Estonian in the general classification.
15h
Ogier beats Neuville by 8 tenths but remains 2nd by only 3 tenths! “It was a difficult day, especially in the long special. I am still satisfied. We should leave a little later tomorrow, that will be preferable. »
15h
Neuville has just made a small mistake by spinning off, forcing him to make a brief maneuver to get back in the direction of travel.
15h
Neuville has already started the second passage of Çiçekli, 12,57km long. Mikkelsen took the scratch there this morning in 10'32″0.
